Week 1

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Project Scope

subsidiary plans

plan

Resource plan

C3PE and PMBOK Knowledge Areas

Stakeholders

Project Deliverables

Requirements & constraints

Project benefits

Scope statement

WBS

Work packages

Duration

Cost

Network diagram

Risk register

Risk responses

Communication plan

PMBOK Guide (6thEd) Part 2, Sec. 1.9 Table 1-1

Risk(Part 1, Sec 11)

Scope (Part 1, Sec. 5)

Schedule(Part 1, Sec. 6)

Cost(Part 1, Sec. 7)

Stakeholders

(Part 1, Sec. 13)

Communications

(Part 1, Sec. 10)

Resources

(Part 1, Sec.9)

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Why do projects fail?

Black, K. (1996). Causes of project failure: a survey of professional engineers.PM Network, 10(11), 21–24.

Collect requirements

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Collecting Requirements (PM Methods)

PMBOK Guide (6thEd) Part 1, Sec. 5.2

Dwivedi, N. “Elicitation Techniques” video in course Software Design: Developing effective requirements, accessed 23/02/2021, LinkedIn Learning accessed through UNSW

Writing requirements

How about an agile specification? User stories!

A user story is an informal, general explanation of a feature written from the perspective of the end user.

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Reference: NSW Government, The Star Group

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Requirements Method: Document analysis

Reviewed Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) report on existing conditions (e.g. traffic and transport use)

Identified:

Reference: Pyrmont Master Plan, Traffic and Transport, December 2005

Try to write observable requirements that give the client what they actually want and maximum design freedom (and accountability) to your engineers:

Writing great requirements simplifies testing and configuration management!

Functional requirement:describes behaviour of the product by actions, processes…

Non-functional requirement:qualities/conditions for product to be effective

(PMBOK 5.3.2)

Inspired by 1.5.1. Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland

Define scope

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Defining Scope

The challenge in scope definition

Scope definition is the creative center of project management

Requirements

Constraints

Project priorities

Scope statements and WBS

‘The problem’

‘The solution’

Develop project scope

PMBOK Guide (6thEd) Part 1, Sec. 3.4.3

What does this mean for me?

The bad 

What does this mean for me?

The good ☺

But, what if you only partly know all the requirements and the scope at the beginning?

(surprisingly, common situation)

Triple constraint

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Triple Constraint Model

Establishing Project Priorities

Trade Offs / Compromises

Project Priority Matrix

The WBS

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WBS summary (definition)

From: Project Management Institute, Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures (Project Management Institute, 2nd ed., 2006)

PMBOK Guide (6thEd) Part 1, Sec. 5.4.1

Generating the WBS

The Project Scope Diagram

Rogers, J. “Work breakdown structure” video in course Construction Management, Planning and Scheduling, accessed 23/02/2021, LinkedIn Learning accessed through UNSW

This video gives a nice explanation of how the WBS includes more than just the PBS, and how it is not about scheduling, and the presenterdefines the work packages correctly.

The Work Breakdown Structure

Building a WBS hierarchy

Advantages of using a WBS

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Example WBS for a software project

PMBOK Guide (6thEd) Part 1, Sec. 5.4.2

Example WBS for an engineering project

PMBOK Guide (6thEd) Part 1, Sec. 5.4.2

Work Packages

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Coding the Work Package

An Activity

Sample WBS Coding

Activities combine to form part of a Work Package

Common WBS Misconceptions

WBS Tips

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Example Project –Zero Emission Buses

Analyse project information from TfNSW(Project Sponsor)

“The NSW Government is working towards achieving a target of net-zero emissions by 2050. Transport for NSW has responded accordingly and will attempt to transition the NSW bus fleet to net zero by 2030.”

Example -Purpose Statement

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Disclaimer: these statements are not perfect and are not guaranteed 100%!

Example -Scope Statement

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Example -WBS

Is each sub-deliverable small enough for 1 person to be responsible?

Disclaimer: this WBS is not perfect and are not guaranteed 100%!

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Is the WBS Coding correct?

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Formulating WBS in different PM lifecycles

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Predictive lifecycle

Concept

images

Characteristics

Agile Practice Guide (2017) Sec. 3.1.1

Iterative lifecycle

Concept

images

Characteristics

Agile Practice Guide (2017) Sec. 3.1.2

Incremental lifecycle

Concept

Example:

Characteristics

images

Agile Practice Guide (2017) Sec. 3.1.3

Agile lifecycle

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Diagram

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Straçusser, G. (2015). Agile project management concepts applied to construction and other non-IT fields. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2015—North America, Orlando, FL. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.

The 100% ‘Agile’ PM model works best with few interdependencies between most of the work packages

Focused on continuous releases that incorporate customer feedback, which can be more suitable for modern businesses with rapid responses/change

Lifecycle summary

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Agile Practice Guide (2017) Sec. 3.1.

subsidiary plans

plan

Resource plan

C3PA and PMBOK Knowledge Areas

Stakeholders

Project Deliverables

Requirements & constraints

Project benefits

Scope statement

WBS

Work packages

Duration

Cost

Network diagram

Risk register

Risk responses

Communication plan

PMBOK Guide (6thEd) Part 2, Sec. 1.9 Table 1-1

Risk(Part 1, Sec 11)

Scope (Part 1, Sec. 5)

Schedule(Part 1, Sec. 6)

Cost(Part 1, Sec. 7)

Stakeholders

(Part 1, Sec. 13)

Communications

(Part 1, Sec. 10)

Resources

(Part 1, Sec.9)